Computer Systems, 5th Edition

Index

A

absorption property, 583. See also Boolean algebra

abstract data types (ADTs), 549–550, 626

abstraction, 4–11

in art, 5–6

assembly level of, compiling to branching instructions and flow of control, 294–310

dynamic memory allocation, 356–377

function calls and parameters, 310–336

indexed addressing and arrays, 336–356

stack addressing and local variables, 288–294

in computer systems, 10–11, 774

of data, 357

definition of, 4

in documents, 7–8

graphic representations of, 4–5

hierarchy diagrams, 5

level diagrams, 5

nesting diagrams, 5

at Level LG1, 626

in machines, 9

in organizations, 8–9

of program control, 357

activation record. See stack frame

actual parameter, 75

add immediate instruction, 707–709

add instruction, 197–198

ADDA instruction, ...